With reference to misleading and recent media articles in Jordan and the MENA region regarding the 2015 Jordan-edition of the ‘International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia’ (IDAHOT) event. Please read carefully to know what factual.

With reference to recent media articles regarding the 2015 Jordan edition of the ‘International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia’ (IDAHOT) event co-organized on 16 May by an advocacy group and ‪MyKali‬ Magazine, we would like to rectify a few details that were incorrectly reported.

– Contrary to news reports, the US ambassador and the US embassy did not sponsor the event. IDAHOT Jordan 2015 is a non-funded advocacy event organized exclusively by a group of activists and My.Kali Magazine to spread awareness on the social, cultural and business challenges faced by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual, Queer, Intersex and Agender (LGBTQIA) community in Jordan. Members of several EU embassies, including the US embassy, unofficially attended the event as a show of support for LGBTQIA rights.

– The event was not held to “demand/celebrate LGBTQAI rights” as reported. It was purely organized to raise awareness on the broad spectrum of sexual orientation as well as the legal situation and social status of LGBTQIA individuals in Jordan.

– The event’s attendees did not only consist of individuals from the LGBTQIA community, but mostly comprised non-LGBTQIA individuals interested in learning more about sexuality and the LGBQTIA situation in Jordan, as well as people from different ideologies, backgrounds, religions, and sexual orientation.

– None of the media entities that published the news report contacted My.Kali or the organizers for a statement, and many were inaccurate in their titles and content.

– The article was not removed from ‪MyKali, it is currently online and accessible on the following link (here)

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